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Amano Jacu
03-01-2004, 05:31 PM
First of all, if somebody thinks this doesn't belong to this forum just move it to Unrelated.

OK, last week, when the new SNK games were announced for the Atomiswave, and I saw tha the prices for it weren't outrageous, plus it is very easy to use at home, I decided to buy an Atomiswave. I contacted cosmicco (http://home.netvigator.com/~cosmicco/) , where I use to buy MVS carts and regular arcade boards, and they had one with Demolish Fist in stock for 368$ (assumed second hand). Since it was considerable cheaper than coinopexpress (http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/atomiswave_system.html) , and I had never dealt with them, I decided to order it from Cosmicco quickly before it was sold to somebody else. Shipping via EMS to Spain was only 41$ (I asked coinopexpress and shipping via EMS was 58$ for them). Now the € is very strong against the $, so I think I had a fair price.

I must say that none of the current games were very appealing to me, but I am more interested in the future ones, so I bought it now in case its price increased. And also because it was my Birthday ;). On the end, if I finish not liking it I'll just sell it.
So I decided to buy Demolish Fist because it was the cheapest game (plus it was the only one available at Cosmicco).

It came, as it was second hand, without any box, just the motherboard with the cart inserted, a poster of the game, and the manual of the game in Spanish, Korean and Japanese. I am very pissed that it doesn't have the motherboard manual. Oh well.

So here it is. It is quite small, around the same size of my small MVS board, the MV1-A, as you can see in this pic:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/5.jpg

But it weights more, 1.5 kg, basically because of the metal panel in the bottom. The game cart is very tiny and light, only 100 g, and is similar in size to a n64 cart:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/6.jpg

As for the connections, there's the JAMMA harness, 2 dip switches, a volume control, a serial port (fot the modem I believe), a connector for stereo sound (which I don't know how to use yet) and the VGA port. There are also 2 pieces of plastic that can be removed like the cart, one for other peripherals (guns, steering wheel, etc.) and the other for communications.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/7.jpg

DIP switch number 1 is for selecting standar res or hi res. 2 is for accessing the configuration screen.

First of all let's use standar res.

I use my supergun with RGB output in my TV through scart RGB. Here's what I saw:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/2.jpg

Sound got outputted through the JAMMA harness in mono format to my speakers.

Now I set the DIP to hi-res. Here's what I could see in my TV through RGB scart from the JAMMA harness:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/3.jpg

The screen is doubled, so I switched it off.
OK, so now let's try the VGA output into my VGA LCD monitor:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/4.jpg

The image looked much better than in my TV. Here you can see it actually is 31 khz, 640x480:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/8.jpg

On a side note, the AW has a fan that makes quite a lot of noise, not as bad as a CPS2, but still is pretty annoying.

About the game itself, well, I found it to be an average beat'em-up. Not bad, but not really good either. I guess it'll be funnier when I play it with somebody else. As I said I got this game because it was the cheapest. I heard the best game right now is Knights of Valor but it was too expensive. I didn't heard many good references for Dolphin Blue and it was also considerably more expensive. The other one is Guilty Gear X 1.5 but I already have XX on Ps2.

That's it for now. If you have any question about it just ask.

BryLmoo
03-01-2004, 05:37 PM
I'm in the USA.

How easy is it to just hook up to a supergun and play?

Just plug and play?

I would be using it on a TV, so i would get low res i'm assuming...

winter
03-01-2004, 05:42 PM
Besides obviously the motherboard and a game, what other devices would I need to hook it up to my TV like you did?

Lagduf
03-01-2004, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by winter
Besides obviously the motherboard and a game, what other devices would I need to hook it up to my TV like you did?

You would need a supergun/jamma test rig.

Amano, thanks for the great pics. I've been wondering how big the system actually was and your pics are great. Have you tried to hook the AW up to a non-LCD monitor? I've heard the signal was to weak for standard pc monitors.

Mushiki
03-01-2004, 06:17 PM
Congratulations on your new system.

chris1
03-01-2004, 06:18 PM
Congrats!!

Wow!..I didn't know the Carts were so small.
Thanks for taking a picture of that etc..

MrLonghair
03-01-2004, 06:19 PM
Since JAMMA and JVS and every other arcade standard outputs RGB you'll need an RGB-NTSC converter, or an RGB capable monitor, which is preferable, since the beautiful RGB wont get converted down

One of those converters is known as a JRok, it's around $90, and that's all I know, a search will provide more :P


Kickass writeup, never knew Cosmicco had such good prices (dont care about it being used, not having marquee etc), if I only make a few more pcb-sales I may get it before the third quarter

[OCEAN]
03-01-2004, 06:26 PM
Very nice pics. Thanks man, and enjoy it!
BTW, is the game any good? I haven't tried it myself...

[OCEAN]

Dougdesensi
03-01-2004, 07:27 PM
Kool welcome to the wave family.

Sundance
03-01-2004, 07:47 PM
Wow...thanx for the pix and info. Now we know what to expect and what to look for. I did have one question though (for anyone who might know). I have a MVS 4 slot cab. Is the AW just plug n play via the Jamma Harness or would i have to get something additional to plug it into the Cab?

Bishamon
03-01-2004, 08:38 PM
Congrats! :)

kafuin_gaira
03-01-2004, 09:21 PM
just got mine today with dolphin blue. barely had time to unopen the box before work, but i'll post up more when i get home and have time to play with it :D

pixeljunkie
03-01-2004, 10:18 PM
Originally posted by kafuin_gaira
just got mine today with dolphin blue. barely had time to unopen the box before work, but i'll post up more when i get home and have time to play with it :D


Where did you get yours from? I'm picking one of these puppies up next....curious the best place/price

thanks

pixeljunkie

Verbatum
03-01-2004, 10:40 PM
Welcome to the Atomiswave family

Curt
03-01-2004, 10:42 PM
Cool

I won't pick up one until I absolutely have to.. IE a GREAT snk game.... I wont settle for subpar

Infamous Lunchbox
03-01-2004, 11:30 PM
I am also curious if it is just plug and play with the Jamma harness, cause if it is I am going to get one for one of my cabs.

Spike Spiegel
03-01-2004, 11:39 PM
What's up with you guys? I'm going to get mine with GGX... the only real game that excites me before SNK hits that shit.

Yeah, where *else* besides coinopexpress are you going here?

Spike

scooby105
03-01-2004, 11:56 PM
whats gonna happen when snkp does release games for this though?
are you going to get stuck with an extra motherboard?
hasnt the trend this far for atomiswave been to do the combo board and game together? or have places been selling just the games?
i just thought i remember that its pretty much just been the combo thus far

RAINBOW PONY
03-01-2004, 11:59 PM
wow that shit looks insane, nice to know you can get a kickass picture on VGA! no more crappy svideo conversion. if that stereo out works, this could be like a damn console.

i'm amazed at how small the carts are too, i thought they would be like cps2 sized.

Gamefan
03-02-2004, 12:24 AM
Looks very interesting. I may have to consider getting one in the future after I see some SNKP games released.

GAMEFAN

yagamikun
03-02-2004, 12:34 AM
carts are sooooooo tiny. I'll prolly pick one up in the fall once I see where SNKP is headed. I'm not enough of a fan of GG to get it for that. I have XX #Reload on import PS2 already, so that's enough GG for me.

NEOFREAK9189
03-02-2004, 03:10 AM
Congratulations on your new system {te felicitaciones por tu nuevo systema}

Mushiki
03-02-2004, 03:16 AM
Originally posted by NEOFREAK9189
Congratulations on your new system {te felicitaciones por tu nuevo systema}

"Felicitaciones por tu nuevo sistema"

tbogard99
03-02-2004, 04:20 AM
This post got me excited so I just ordered myself a new Atomiswave with Guilty Gear X 1.5 from coinopexpress. I can't wait for it to get here and now I really cant wait for KOF: NW now!

FI0RIAN
03-02-2004, 04:35 AM
hi , i have only a neogeo aes and i dont really understand how does cab fonctions :p do you somewhere where all is exlplained?
thx

Amano Jacu
03-02-2004, 09:54 AM
Let's see if I can reply everybody...

When set in standar res, this board is basically JAMMA, so it *should* work OK in any regular supergun or cab. However, MVS cabs that are wired for stereo might need to rewire the sound, as through the JAMMA harness this board is mono.
All I can say is that it worked OK in my supergun.

If you set it in hi-res, then you need to use a monitor that is compatible with it. My TV wasn't, my LCD monitor was. Lagduf, I'll see if I can try it in a regular CRT VGA monitor.

About Guilty Gear X 1.5, if I wanted it I'd just get the DC version, I could still play it in the LCD monitor with my VGA box. Of course maybe all the AW games will eventually be ported to, I wish, DC, and if not, PS2.... :rolleyes:

Scooby, as of now games are mostly sold including the mobo, but that's because there are few different titles and they want to expand the market. I give for sure that loose cart games will appear soon in the second hand market. Even if they still release the new games in combo format (which economically doesn't make much sense, why make it cart based then?), this fact doesn't matter to me, as new games will be just too expensive for me on release. Anyway this is all speculation, I gambled a bit buying it now, only time will tell if it was a right decission.

Fiorian, you can check this if you want to know a bit more about superguns:

http://dasfool.aroo.tv/

NGT
03-02-2004, 11:20 AM
Congrats...



I have the same kit... but being a beat-em-up fan... I found the game to be very enjoyable, although I seem to play "The Guardian" on my PGM system a bit more. I have the parts for my VGA amplifier on the way so I can finally see this in VGA on my television in a couple of weeks hopefully..... as I don't have an LCD monitor.


Along with a kof game in the future... I have also been thinking about picking up Sushi Bar if I can find it at a low price.


I really want to start some sort of arcade puzzle collection to go alongside my fighting game and beat-em-ups.

FI0RIAN
03-02-2004, 12:23 PM
"Fiorian, you can check this if you want to know a bit more about superguns:

http://dasfool.aroo.tv/"

thx man :multi_co: :multi_co: :multi_co:

SNKjr
03-02-2004, 03:28 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by NGT
[B]VGA amplifier

Vga amplifier?, just need some more info on this product. I can only guess what it must obviously do, just I have never heard of it.

NGT
03-02-2004, 05:20 PM
vga amplifier stuff for the AW....





http://ultimarc.com/images/videoamphi.jpg

well...I was told I can make one out of one of these^^^^

and then run it back into VGA by splitting the sync with one of these VVVVVVVVV

http://www.jameco.com/jameco/Products/ProdImag/107140.jpg

and that's by hooking it up like this:

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0903/cossackred/sync_seperator_pin.jpg


and then running that back into a vga cord to my regular monitor or my tv (after I test it on this cheap monitor,lol...




at least that's what I have been told.

Amano Jacu
03-02-2004, 05:46 PM
Oh well, just call me lucky, but the Atomiswave just worked plugged directly in my old CRT monitor:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/AmanoJacu/fotos/9.jpg

Kusanagi2004
03-02-2004, 05:57 PM
Congratulations man, your Atomiswave setup looks like a pretty sweet deal. I'll jump on that bandwagon one of these days myself. I'm sure you can't wait to get your hands on some of the upcoming SNKP goodness.

snesaes
03-02-2004, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by Gamefan
Looks very interesting. I may have to consider getting one in the future after I see some SNKP games released.

GAMEFAN


Me too.

NGT
03-02-2004, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by Amano Jacu
Oh well, just call me lucky, but the Atomiswave just worked plugged directly in my old CRT monitor:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/AmanoJacu/fotos/9.jpg


I couldn't get mine to run on my TV or 3 monitors in my house :(

so call me "Angry!"

lol..

but if this works I won't care, as it's only about 20 bucks for parts....and will be an interesting item to make....or at least something new to me.

SNKjr
03-02-2004, 06:34 PM
Originally posted by NGT
vga amplifier stuff for the AW....





http://ultimarc.com/images/videoamphi.jpg

well...I was told I can make one out of one of these^^^^

and then run it back into VGA by splitting the sync with one of these VVVVVVVVV

http://www.jameco.com/jameco/Products/ProdImag/107140.jpg

and that's by hooking it up like this:

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0903/cossackred/sync_seperator_pin.jpg


and then running that back into a vga cord to my regular monitor or my tv (after I test it on this cheap monitor,lol...




at least that's what I have been told.
Cool, cheers!

Lovecraft0110
03-02-2004, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by Mushiki
"Felicitaciones por tu nuevo sistema"

"Felicitaciones por tu nueva consola"

;)

pixeljunkie
03-02-2004, 06:50 PM
Originally posted by NGT
I found the game to be very enjoyable, although I seem to play "The Guardian" on my PGM system a bit more.


Whawhaaa? Whats "The Guardian"? I can't find anything on that game, and I've been wanting some new stuff for my PGM system. [I have Demon Front, and Puzzle Star...both great] Please, give me some more info on this game.

pixeljunkie

Verbatum
03-02-2004, 06:51 PM
Funny, when I got my Atomiswave, the post was moved from here to un-related. and where are all those angry AW haters. Glad you're not getting flamed man!

Amano Jacu
03-02-2004, 06:53 PM
Originally posted by Lovecraft0110
"Felicitaciones por tu nueva consola"

;)

No es una consola... :cool:

Mushiki
03-02-2004, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by Lovecraft0110
"Felicitaciones por tu nueva consola"

;)

Haha, no, it's not a console!

kafuin_gaira
03-02-2004, 07:23 PM
i haven't tried hooking the 'wave up to my crt yet, but it (dolphin blue) looks pretty darn good to me on a mas supergun s-vid going to a 27" flat screen.

since amano jacu seemed to have no problems, i'll try it tonight and see what happens. what do you do for sound in this case?

also, what are my options for accessing the dip menu without a test switch. i hit the first dip on the board to get into the system menu, but the start button toggles through the options (calendar, coin settings, game settings, etc.) and no other buttons do anything. it says use the test switch to enter the menu. do i need a makeshift test switch between wires 1 & 15 to access each menu?

my atomiswave thinks it's 1951 :help:

Amano Jacu
03-03-2004, 03:39 AM
Kafuin, in the configuration menu, I can use down in my controller to cycle the options and the A button to select them.

About sound, my supergun has RCA jacks connected to the JAMMA harness, so I can use them independently of the video output. Anyway, in my set-up I don't even need that RCA jacks, because I use the scart connection, that other than RGB video carries sound. I have it connected to a "scart thief", and from there sound goes to my speakers. So even with my TV switched off, I still get the sound.
Of course, you could also use the separate sound connector and thus get stereo, but I 'm still working on that.

supergoose79
03-03-2004, 07:57 AM
Originally posted by DashK
i'm amazed at how small the carts are too, i thought they would be like cps2 sized.
lol. this proves it ... http://www.neo-geo.com/ubb/icons/icon25.gif

Amano Jacu
03-03-2004, 08:52 AM
Hey Falk, now that you are here, I just want to mention that I tried the Atomiswave in the vhs-gun you made, and the image was OK in the TV in low-res (it was actually better than in my other Supergun), but for some reason I didn't get sound through scart (haven't tried the RCA jacks of it), only some loud noises. I have no idea about how could cause this, because in the other supergun sound is OK. What do you think?

supergoose79
03-03-2004, 08:57 AM
don't know ... afterall it was the first gun i ever sold ...

might have to do with the pinout. maybe, i wired the gun for mono and the aw uses pin 10 and L for stereo. i really can't remember, but this might be the reason, since i made the first guns mainly for use with (my) mv-1fz board(s) ...

btw, what kind of screws are holding the aw together?

MKL
03-03-2004, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by supergoose79
don't know ... afterall it was the first gun i ever sold ...


Possible cause of the problem: you used Jamma pin L as audio ground. This works with MVS because on MVS that pin is a ground like any other but on boards by other manufacturers (Capcom is a case in point) pin L is NOT always ground and would give the problems Amano is having. Check if Atomiswave is like that and if so just desolder the wire from jamma pin L and resolder it to a ground point (e.g. pins 27, 28, etc.). Probably Amano's other supergun uses a pin that is a universal ground.

Amano Jacu
03-03-2004, 09:14 AM
I think the gun is wired for mono, but as far as I know the AW only outputs mono as well through the JAMMA harness...

About screws, all of them that I can see are regular philips ones, cross-shaped. There's one in the front and another one in the back, plus 2 (one on each side) more on each of the 3 slots (game, communications and expansion I/O) on top of it.

Bishamon
03-03-2004, 09:22 AM
Originally posted by Verbatum
Funny, when I got my Atomiswave, the post was moved from here to un-related. and where are all those angry AW haters. Glad you're not getting flamed man!

I think they're all looking to buy one themselves, now. ;)

supergoose79
03-03-2004, 09:23 AM
Originally posted by MKL
Possible cause of the problem: ...
that's what i meant.
nowadays, i always use the gnd straight off the power supply.

Amano, about the screws ... thx.

supergoose79
03-03-2004, 09:26 AM
Originally posted by Bishamon
I think they're all looking to buy one themselves, now. ;)
i don't. the hardware is somewhat interesting, but the games don't seem to be any better than my 5 or 6 years old dc games ... that i don't play anymore ...

Freelancer
03-03-2004, 09:31 AM
Originally posted by supergoose79
but the games don't seem to be any better than my 5 or 6 years old dc games ... that i don't play anymore ...

Exactly my observation as well.

Xander Crews
03-03-2004, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by supergoose79
i don't. the hardware is somewhat interesting, but the games don't seem to be any better than my 5 or 6 years old dc games ... that i don't play anymore ...

Well at least you're basing it off of the games and not the hardware.

Amano Jacu
03-03-2004, 09:46 AM
Originally posted by MKL
Possible cause of the problem: you used Jamma pin L as audio ground. This works with MVS because on MVS that pin is a ground like any other but on boards by other manufacturers (Capcom is a case in point) pin L is NOT always ground and would give the problems Amano is having. Check if Atomiswave is like that and if so just desolder the wire from jamma pin L and resolder it to a ground point (e.g. pins 27, 28, etc.). Probably Amano's other supergun uses a pin that is a universal ground.

Oh well, thanks, I don't really plan on fixing it myself because now I usually use the other supergun. Anyway I had no problem with sound using the vhs-gun a long time ago with a CPS2, with the sound through the JAMMA harness in mono.
Now I just keep the vhs-gun as reserve one, and most likley I would use it with MVS only anyway.

On another side-note, at first my modded DC stick didn't work with the Atomiswave, while so far it had worked with any other JAMMA board. When I pressed a button, it acted like if almost all buttons had been pressed at once. I figured out it was because the DC stick I was using was still wired to be used with the DC at the same time (I never had problems before). So I unplugged the DC stuff and then worked OK.

Falk is right, the current games are few and not really good. I prefer Dynamite Cop (available on DC as a port of the Model 2 arcade, not even a Naomi) over Demolish Fist any time. But as I said I bought it based on the future games, which, I hope, will be good. And if not I'll just sell it.
You can't judge a system like this for the first games. Come on, I think almost all MVS first games sucked, specially compared to the CPS1 games of that time (and even from before).

Bishamon
03-03-2004, 10:08 AM
Originally posted by supergoose79
i don't. the hardware is somewhat interesting, but the games don't seem to be any better than my 5 or 6 years old dc games ... that i don't play anymore ...

It's not so much the current games that promted me to buy one last fall (well, apart from Dolphin Blue, with looks incredible), but the fact that future SNK releases were likely (now confirmed) coming to the system.

It's true that, for 3D, it's behind the times, but for 2D games (which I hope most future SNK releases remain) it has more than enough power.

supergoose79
03-03-2004, 10:20 AM
snkp should do their games in 100% 2D and i might actually like 'em, but for now i still prefer the way the games looked on the neo.
if i want to play affordable 3D games, then i just hook up my ngc or even the ps2.

rarehero
03-03-2004, 10:34 AM
I know this is a somewhat dumb question, but what keeps
this from being so unbootleggable? that seems to be one
of the high points of it right?

pixeljunkie
03-03-2004, 11:04 AM
Originally posted by Bishamon
It's true that, for 3D, it's behind the times, but for 2D games (which I hope most future SNK releases remain) it has more than enough power.

I dunno'....Force Five looks as good as most 3D games being pumped out on PS2, close to, if not on par with, VF4

pixeljunkie

Mushiki
03-03-2004, 11:21 AM
Originally posted by pixeljunkie
I dunno'....Force Five looks as good as most 3D games being pumped out on PS2, close to, if not on par with, VF4

pixeljunkie

Not at all, it can be compared to Dead or Alive 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament, but not with Virtua Fighter 4.

pixeljunkie
03-03-2004, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by Mushiki
Not at all, it can be compared to Dead or Alive 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament, but not with Virtua Fighter 4.

I'll agree with you on that, I just did a side by side comparison. But you're right, definitely in the same league as DOA and Tekken Tag [almost 4]

Point is, I don't think its THAT far behind.

I still, would rather see it utilized with 2D art, like Guilty Gear...which is suitable to spread on toast for breakfast or snack.

pixeljunkie

umiami80
03-13-2004, 03:46 PM
Would it be pissibel to run the Atomos Wave through a High Defenition tv?

madmanjock
05-14-2004, 05:14 PM
Just though I'd point out, dreamcast was powerful enough to run VF4 but sega though their wasn't enough of a market left for the dreamcast to manufacture the game. A dreamcast magazine during the DC's dying days in 2002 said so.

SEGA_X
05-15-2004, 12:30 AM
I already have a 1 slot MVS with some worthy games
great pics congrats on your A-wave so you can play it on your tv great
Ill think about getting one I saw it for $395 I can save up that amount in 2
months Ill probably get a Awave if KOF 2004 appears in it.

SuperPang
05-16-2004, 07:43 AM
What sort of lead do you get for connecting for high-res? Just wondering if I could hook up to my Plasma. That'd be sweeeeeeeet.

I'm seriously consiering an AW set up. I have an Arcade Heaven Supergun and it sounds pretty simple. Is it totally plug and play or do I need to mess around with setting up controls or anything? Sorry if we're going over old ground here.

Capoz
05-16-2004, 02:37 PM
First of all, if somebody thinks this doesn't belong to this forum just move it to Unrelated.

OK, last week, when the new SNK games were announced for the Atomiswave, and I saw tha the prices for it weren't outrageous, plus it is very easy to use at home, I decided to buy an Atomiswave. I contacted cosmicco (http://home.netvigator.com/~cosmicco/) , where I use to buy MVS carts and regular arcade boards, and they had one with Demolish Fist in stock for 368$ (assumed second hand). Since it was considerable cheaper than coinopexpress (http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/atomiswave_system.html) , and I had never dealt with them, I decided to order it from Cosmicco quickly before it was sold to somebody else. Shipping via EMS to Spain was only 41$ (I asked coinopexpress and shipping via EMS was 58$ for them). Now the € is very strong against the $, so I think I had a fair price.

I must say that none of the current games were very appealing to me, but I am more interested in the future ones, so I bought it now in case its price increased. And also because it was my Birthday ;). On the end, if I finish not liking it I'll just sell it.
So I decided to buy Demolish Fist because it was the cheapest game (plus it was the only one available at Cosmicco).

It came, as it was second hand, without any box, just the motherboard with the cart inserted, a poster of the game, and the manual of the game in Spanish, Korean and Japanese. I am very pissed that it doesn't have the motherboard manual. Oh well.

So here it is. It is quite small, around the same size of my small MVS board, the MV1-A, as you can see in this pic:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/5.jpg

But it weights more, 1.5 kg, basically because of the metal panel in the bottom. The game cart is very tiny and light, only 100 g, and is similar in size to a n64 cart:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/6.jpg

As for the connections, there's the JAMMA harness, 2 dip switches, a volume control, a serial port (fot the modem I believe), a connector for stereo sound (which I don't know how to use yet) and the VGA port. There are also 2 pieces of plastic that can be removed like the cart, one for other peripherals (guns, steering wheel, etc.) and the other for communications.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/7.jpg

DIP switch number 1 is for selecting standar res or hi res. 2 is for accessing the configuration screen.

First of all let's use standar res.

I use my supergun with RGB output in my TV through scart RGB. Here's what I saw:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/2.jpg

Sound got outputted through the JAMMA harness in mono format to my speakers.

Now I set the DIP to hi-res. Here's what I could see in my TV through RGB scart from the JAMMA harness:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/3.jpg

The screen is doubled, so I switched it off.
OK, so now let's try the VGA output into my VGA LCD monitor:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/4.jpg

The image looked much better than in my TV. Here you can see it actually is 31 khz, 640x480:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/amanojacu/fotos/8.jpg

On a side note, the AW has a fan that makes quite a lot of noise, not as bad as a CPS2, but still is pretty annoying.

About the game itself, well, I found it to be an average beat'em-up. Not bad, but not really good either. I guess it'll be funnier when I play it with somebody else. As I said I got this game because it was the cheapest. I heard the best game right now is Knights of Valor but it was too expensive. I didn't heard many good references for Dolphin Blue and it was also considerably more expensive. The other one is Guilty Gear X 1.5 but I already have XX on Ps2.

That's it for now. If you have any question about it just ask.

Hey man , I ust buyed a supergun and now I want to buy the Atomis Wave, but there is on th AW a switch for 15 hz of home tv and 25 of arcade monitor?

Thank you in advance

Amano Jacu
05-18-2004, 07:17 AM
Didn't notice this thread was brought back to life...


What sort of lead do you get for connecting for high-res? Just wondering if I could hook up to my Plasma. That'd be sweeeeeeeet.

I'm seriously consiering an AW set up. I have an Arcade Heaven Supergun and it sounds pretty simple. Is it totally plug and play or do I need to mess around with setting up controls or anything? Sorry if we're going over old ground here.

For hi-res it uses a regular VGA connector, as you can see in the pics. If your TV has a VGA input it is possible that it will work.

Yes, it should work straight with a regular JAMMA supergun. No modification required.


Hey man , I ust buyed a supergun and now I want to buy the Atomis Wave, but there is on th AW a switch for 15 hz of home tv and 25 of arcade monitor?

Er... It's hard to understand the question. As I said in the original post, the AW has a switch for swapping betwen low-res, to use it in a TV (provided you can handle the RGB output) or regular arcade monitor; and hi-res, to use it in a compatible VGA monitor or hi-res arcade monitor.

Capoz
05-18-2004, 01:37 PM
Didn't notice this thread was brought back to life...



For hi-res it uses a regular VGA connector, as you can see in the pics. If your TV has a VGA input it is possible that it will work.

Yes, it should work straight with a regular JAMMA supergun. No modification required.



Er... It's hard to understand the question. As I said in the original post, the AW has a switch for swapping betwen low-res, to use it in a TV (provided you can handle the RGB output) or regular arcade monitor; and hi-res, to use it in a compatible VGA monitor or hi-res arcade monitor.


Thank you very much, it's perfect for me, now I can buy the AW!

rimm_rs
05-19-2004, 12:49 AM
kewl, thread/nice info.